God "hath made of one blood all mankind, to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath assigned the seasons which were ordained before, and the bounds of their habitation, THAT they should seek the Lord, if so be they might have groped after him, and found him, though doubtless he be not far from every one of us. For in him we live, and move, and have our being," Acts 17:26-28

Thursday, November 12, 2015

One has to wonder what kind of world
we might have without misogyny, misandry and misogamy. Sin in human flesh began in the
first married couple! It was not something God did not anticipate. He subjected
us to frustration in hope! For the creature was made subject tovanity, not willingly,
but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature
itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious
liberty of the children of God.(Romans
8:20-21)

We are NOT abandoned by God. That
would have resulted in our destruction, even Adam and Eve’s destruction. We
have been subjected to vanity. Satan is the father of vanity and he brought
vanity into the Garden. Satan is the original sinner, the father, he is the
SOURCE of the lie, and he approached Eve with the lie, and she was deceived by
it. As much self effacing humility as I have heard from men admitting they are
sinners (saved by the grace of the Messiah), I have not heard so much from
women admitting their first mom was deceived. Was Eve’s eating the fruit sin?
Was it a lesser or greater sin than Adam’s sin? It is said Adam ate willingly,
that he was not deceived. Adam’s sin may have been the sin that completed the
fall, but Eve seems to have been used to get us on the slippery slope! Was her
eating sin?

16 To the woman he said,
“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring
forth children. Your desire shall be for {Or against} your husband, and he
shall rule over you.” 17 And to Adam he said, “Becauseyou have listened to the voice of
your wife andhave eaten of
the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the
ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your
life 18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall
eat the plants of the field. 19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat
bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are
dust, and to dust you shall return.” ESV Genesis 3

16 Unto the woman He said,
‘Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear
children, and toward thy husband is thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.’ 17
And to the man He said, ‘Becausethou
hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, anddost eat of the tree concerning which
I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed is the ground on
thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life, YLT
Genesis 3

16 To the woman he said, "I will
greatly increase your pain in childbirth. You will bring forth children in pain.
Your desire will be toward your husband, but he will rule over you." 17 To
Adam he said, "Becauseyou
listened to what your wife said andate
from the tree about which I gave you the order, 'You are not to eat from it,'
the ground cursed on your account; you will work hard to eat from it as long as
you live.

CJB Genesis 3

What might have happened if Adam had
NOT listened to Eve? Would God have cast Eve out alone? Hypotheticals are not
profitable except perhaps to draw attention to the reality we are faced with.
We inherit the sin nature because the MAN Adam’s sin. But does the WOMAN Eve
bear any guilt? Was Adam altogether to blame? As I read the scriptures it is
really reading into the narrative to say Adam blamed Eve for his actions. Adam
said “The woman you gave
to be with me — she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate." (Gen 3:12)

It might be seen that Adam was blaming
God. “this woman YOU GAVE me she GAVE me...” Could it be seen in that light
also? What is plain is that Adam told the truth! God did give him Eve, and Eve
did give him the fruit and he did eat. For that there were consequences for
Adam and men: “the
ground cursed on your account; you will work hard to eat from it as long as you
live. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat field
plants. You will eat bread by the sweat of your forehead till you return to the
ground”Genesis 3:17-19

Also [I desire] that women should
adorn themselves modestly and appropriately and sensibly in seemly apparel, not
with [elaborate] hair arrangement or gold or pearls or expensive clothing, But
by doing good deeds (deeds in themselves good and for the good and advantage of
those contacted by them), as befits women who profess reverential fear for and
devotion to God. Let a woman learn in quietness, in entire submissiveness. I
allow no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to remain in
quietness and keep silence [in religious assemblies]. For Adam was first
formed, then Eve; [Gen. 2:7, 21, 22.] And it was not Adam who was deceived, but
[the] woman who was deceived and deluded and fell into transgression. [Gen.
3:1-6.] Nevertheless [the sentence put upon women of pain in motherhood does
not hinder their souls' salvation, and] they will be saved [eternally] if they
continue in faith and love and holiness with self-control, [saved indeed]
through the Childbearing or by the birth of the divine Child. (1Ti
2:9-15)

What might have happened if Abram had not listened to Sarai? Because he did
Ishmael was born.And the
Angel of the Lord continued, See now, you are with child and shall bear a son,
and shall call his nameIshmael[God hears], because the Lord has
heard and paid attention to your affliction. Andhe [Ishmael] will be as a wild
ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against
him,and he will live to
the east and on the borders of all his kinsmen.(Gen 16:11-12) Can we say that
Sarai had no role in the birth of a father of many who became the enemies ofIsrael?

What might have happened if Jacob had
not listened to his motherRebekah?
Now Esau had already given away his birthright for a bowl of stew, and it was
Jacob who cunningly took advantage of his brother’s vanity. When Isaac was
about to bless Esau, Rebekah stepped in and was the cunning one to orchestrate
Jacob’s second “promotion.” Can we say that Rebekah had no role in the birth of
a father of many who became the enemies ofIsrael?

Can it be that in His wisdom and will
God really did make women weaker vessels? Could God have been just in the
consequences He ordained after Adam ate the fruit, consequences for men AND for
women? Is it not unseemly,unbecoming,
and even indecent for women to exercise authority over men, particularly their
own husbands?

What if Eve had not listened to the
serpent? Can it be that because she did that the role of women was changed,
even diminished in that her husband would now rule over her? Could the new
relationship ordained by God require that she be under her husband’s authority?

IfLot’s
wife had not looked back?

If Esther had not listened to Mordecai?

H802

נשׁיםאשּׁה

'ishshâh nâshîym

ish-shaw',naw-sheem'

The first form is the feminine ofH376orH582;
the second form is an irregular plural; awoman(used in the same wide sense asH582).: - [adulter]ess, each,
every, female, X many, + none, one, + together,wife,woman. Often unexpressed
in English.

FromH605;
properly amortal(and thus differeing from the more
dignifiedH120); hence amanin general (singly or collectively).
It is often unexpressed in the English Version, especially when used in
apposition with another word: - another, X [blood-] thirsty, certain, chap
[-man], divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain,
mortal) man, people, person, servant, some (X of them), + stranger, those, +
their trade. It is often unexpressed in the Engl. version, especially when used
in apposition with another word. CompareH376.

Adonai, God, took the person and put
him in the garden of `Edento cultivate
and care for it. Adonai, God, gave the person this order: "You may freely
eat from every tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil. You are not to eat from it, because on the day that you eat from it, it
will become certain that you will die." Adonai, God, said, "It isn't
good that the person should be alone. I will make for him a companion suitable
for helping him." So from the ground Adonai, God, formed every wild animal
and every bird that flies in the air, and he brought them to the person to see
what he would call them. Whatever the person would call each living creature,
that was to be its name. So the person gave names to all the livestock, to the
birds in the air and to every wild animal. But for Adam there was not found a
companion suitable for helping him. Then God caused a deep sleep to fall upon
the person; and while he was sleeping, he took one of his ribs and closed up
the place from which he took it with flesh. The rib which Adonai, God, had
taken from the person, he made a woman-person; and he brought her to the
man-person. The man-person said, "At last! This is bone from my bones and
flesh from my flesh.She is to
be calledWoman[Hebrew: ishah], because
she was taken out of Man[Hebrew:
ish]."This is why a
man is to leave his father and mother and stick with his wife, and they are to
be one flesh. They were both naked, the man and his wife, and they were not
ashamed. Now the serpent was more crafty than any wild animal which Adonai,
God, had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You are not to
eat from any tree in the garden'?" The woman answered the serpent,
"We may eat from the fruit of the trees of the garden, but about the fruit
of the tree in the middle of the garden God said, 'You are neither to eat from
it nor touch it, or you will die.' " The serpent said to the woman,
"It is not true that you will surely die; because God knows that on the
day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,
knowing good and evil." When the woman saw that the tree was good for
food, that it had a pleasing appearance and that the tree was desirable for
making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her
husband, who was with her; and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were
opened, and they realized that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves
together to make themselves loincloths. They heard the voice of Adonai, God,
walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, so the man and his
wife hid themselves from the presence of Adonai, God, among the trees in the
garden. Adonai, God, called to the man, "Where are you?" He answered,
"I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked,
so I hid myself." He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have
you eaten from the tree from which I ordered you not to eat?" The man
replied, "The woman you gave to be with me — she gave me fruit from the
tree, and I ate." Adonai, God, said to the woman, "What is this you
have done?" The woman answered, "The serpent tricked me, so I
ate." Adonai, God, said to the serpent, "Because you have done this,
you are cursed more than all livestock and wild animals. You will crawl on your
belly and eat dust as long as you live. I will put animosity between you and
the woman, and between your descendant and her descendant; he will bruise your
head, and you will bruise his heel."To
the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pain in childbirth. You
will bring forth children in pain. Your desire will be toward your husband, but
he will rule over you."To
Adam he said, "Because you listened to what your wife saidand atefrom the tree about which I gave you
the order, 'You are not to eat from it,' the ground cursed on your account; you
will work hard to eat from it as long as you live. It will produce thorns and
thistles for you, and you will eat field plants. You will eat bread by the
sweat of your forehead till you return to the ground — for you were taken out
of it: you are dust, and you will return to dust."The man called his wifeHavah [Eve][life], because she was the
mother of all living.Adonai,
God, made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. Adonai, God,
said, "See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now,
to prevent his putting out his hand and taking also from the tree of life,
eating, and living forever — " therefore Adonai, God, sent him out of the
garden of `Eden to cultivate
the ground from which he was taken. So he drove the man out, and he placed at
the east of the garden of `Eden the k'ruvim and
a flaming sword which turned in every direction to guard the way to the tree of
life. (Gen 2:15-25 to Gen 3:1-24)

H802

נשׁיםאשּׁה

'ishshâh nâshîym

ish-shaw',naw-sheem'

The first form is the feminine ofH376orH582;
the second form is an irregular plural; awoman(used in the same wide sense asH582).: - [adulter]ess, each,
every, female, X many, + none, one, + together,wife,woman. Often unexpressed
in English.

H2332

חוּה

chavvâh

khav-vaw'

Causative fromH2331;lifegiver;Chavvah(orEve),
the first woman: -Eve.

[Lifegiver::1Ti
2:15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue
in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.]

And there was a famine in the land:
and Abram went down intoEgyptto
sojourn there; for the faminewasgrievous in the land. And it came to
pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, thathe said unto Sarai his wife,
Behold now, I know that thouarta fair woman to look upon: Therefore
it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say,
Thisishis wife: and they will kill me, but
they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thouartmy sister: that it may be well with me
for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. And it came to pass,
that, when Abram was come intoEgypt,
the Egyptians beheld the woman that shewasvery fair. The princes also of Pharaoh
saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into
Pharaoh's house. And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep,
and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and
camels. And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because
of Sarai Abram's wife. And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, Whatisthisthatthou hast done unto me? why didst thou
not tell me that shewasthy wife? Why saidst thou, Sheismy sister? so I might have taken her
to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, takeher, and go thy way. And
Pharaoh commandedhismen concerning him: and they sent him
away, and his wife, and all that he had.

(Gen 12:10-20)

And Abraham journeyed from thence
toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in
Gerar.And Abraham said of
Sarah his wife, Sheismy sister:and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and
took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him,
Behold, thouartbuta dead man, for the woman which thou
hast taken; for sheisa man's wife. But Abimelech had not
come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? Said
he not unto me, Sheismy sister? and she, even she herself
said, Heismy brother: in the integrity of my
heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. And God said unto him in a
dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I
also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to
touch her. Now therefore restore the manhiswife; for heisa prophet, and he shall pray for thee,
and thou shalt live: and if thou restorehernot, know thou that thou shalt surely
die, thou, and all thatarethine. Therefore Abimelech rose early
in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their
ears: and the men were sore afraid. Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said
unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou
hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me
that ought not to be done. And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou,
that thou hast done this thing? And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the
fear of Godisnot in this place; and they will slay
me for my wife's sake. And yet indeedsheismy sister; sheisthe daughter of my father, but not the
daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. And it came to pass, when God
caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, Thisisthy kindness which thou shalt show
unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, Heismy brother. And Abimelech took sheep,
and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gavethemunto Abraham, and restored him Sarah
his wife. And Abimelech said, Behold, my landisbefore thee: dwell where it pleaseth
thee. And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousandpiecesof silver: behold, heisto thee a covering of the eyes, unto all
thatarewith thee, and with allother: thus she was reproved.
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his
maidservants; and they borechildren.
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because
of Sarah Abraham's wife.

(Gen 20:1-18)

Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no
children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose namewasHagar. And Sarai said unto Abram,
Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto
my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. AndAbramhearkened to the voice of Sarai.And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her
maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in thelandofCanaan,
and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

And there came two angels to Sodom at
even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeingthemrose up to meet them; and he bowed
himself with his face toward the ground; And he said, Behold now, my lords,
turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash
your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay;
but we will abide in the street all night. And he pressed upon them greatly;
and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a
feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. But before they lay
down, the men of the city,eventhe men ofSodom,
compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every
quarter: And they called untoLot,
and said unto him, Wherearethe men which came in to thee this
night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. AndLotwent out at the door unto
them, and shut the door after him, And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so
wickedly. Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I
pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them asisgood in your eyes: only unto these men
do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. And they said,
Stand back. And they saidagain,
This onefellowcame in to sojourn, and he will needs
be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed
sore upon the man,evenLot,
and came near to break the door. But the men put forth their hand, and pulledLot into the house to them,
and shut to the door. And they smote the men thatwereat the door of the house with blindness,
both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. And the
men said untoLot,
Hast thou here any besides a son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters? and
whatsoever thou hast in the city, bringthemout of this place: For we will destroy
this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD;
and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. AndLot went out, and spoke unto
his sons-in-law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this
place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked
unto his sons-in-law. And when the morning arose, then the angels hastenedLot,
saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou
be consumed in the iniquity of the city. And while he lingered, the men laid
hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two
daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and
set him without the city. And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth
abroad, that he said,Escape
for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain;
escape to the mountain,lest
thou be consumed. And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: Behold now,
thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy,
which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the
mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: Behold now, this cityisnear to flee unto, and itisa little one: Oh, let me escape
thither, (isit not a
little one?) and my soul shall live. And he said unto him, See, I have accepted
thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the
which thou hast spoken. Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing
till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. The
sun was risen upon the earth whenLot entered into Zoar. Then
the LORD rained uponSodom and uponGomorrah brimstone and
fire from the LORD out of heaven; And he overthrew those cities, and all the
plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the
ground.But his wife looked
back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.And Abraham got up early in the
morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: And he looked towardSodom andGomorrah,
and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the
country went up as the smoke of a furnace. And it came to pass, when God
destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot
out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the whichLot dwelt. AndLot went up out of Zoar, and
dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell
in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. And the firstborn
said unto the younger, Our fatherisold, andthereisnot a man in the earth to come in unto
us after the manner of all the earth: Come, let us make our father drink wine,
and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they
made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay
with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger,
Behold, I lay last night with my father: let us make him drink wine this night
also; and go thou in,andlie with him, that we may preserve
seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night also: and
the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down,
nor when she arose.Thus were
both the daughters ofLotwith child by their father. And the
firstborn bore a son, and called his nameMoab:
the sameisthe father of the Moabites unto this
day. And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the
sameisthe father of the children of Ammon
unto this day.

(Gen 19:1-38)

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: And the men
of the place askedhimof his wife; and he said, Sheismy sister: for he feared to say,Sheismy wife; lest,saidhe, the men of the place should
kill me for Rebekah;because
shewasfair to look upon. And it came to
pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the
Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaacwassporting with Rebekah his wife. And
Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety sheisthy wife: and how saidst thou, Sheismy sister? And Isaac said unto him,
Because I said, Lest I die for her. And Abimelech said, Whatisthis thou hast done unto us? one of
the people might lightly have lain with thy wife, and thou shouldest have
brought guiltiness upon us. And Abimelech charged allhispeople, saying, He that toucheth this
man or his wife shall surely be put to death. Then Isaac sowed in that land,
and received in the same year a hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

(Gen 26:6-12)

H7259

רבקה

ribqâh

rib-kaw'

From an unused root probably meaning
toclogby tying up the fetlock;fettering(by beauty);Ribkah, the wife of Isaac: -
Rebekah.

And it came to pass, that when Isaac
was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his
eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold,hereamI. And he said, Behold now, I am old,
I know not the day of my death: Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons,
thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take mesomevenison; And make me savory meat, such
as I love, and bringitto me, that I may eat; that my soul
may bless thee before I die. And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his
son. And Esau went to the field to huntforvenison,andto bringit. And Rebekah spoke unto
Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother,
saying, Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, that I may eat, and bless
thee before the LORD before my death. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice
according to that which I command thee. Go now to the flock, and fetch me from
thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory meat for thy
father, such as he loveth: And thou shalt bringitto thy father, that he may eat, and
that he may bless thee before his death. And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother,
Behold, Esau my brotherisa hairy man, and Iama smooth man: My father peradventure will
feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon
me, and not a blessing. And his mother said unto him, Upon mebethy curse, my son: only obey my voice,
and go fetch methem. And
he went, and fetched, and broughtthemto his mother: and his mother made
savory meat, such as his father loved. And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her
eldest son Esau, whichwerewith her in the house, and put them
upon Jacob her younger son: And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon
his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: And she gave the savory meat and
the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. And he came
unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, HereamI; whoartthou, my son? And Jacob said unto his
father, IamEsau thy firstborn; I have done
according as thou biddest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison,
that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac said unto his son, Howisit that thou hast founditso quickly, my son? And he said,
Because the LORD thy God broughtitto me. And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come
near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thoubemy very son Esau or not. And Jacob
went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voiceisJacob's voice, but the handsarethe hands of Esau. And he discerned
him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he
blessed him. And he said,Artthou my very son Esau? And he said, Iam. And he said, Bringitnear to me, and I will eat of my son's
venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he broughtitnear to him, and he did eat: and he
brought him wine, and he drank. And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near
now, and kiss me, my son. And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the
smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my sonisas the smell of a field which the LORD
hath blessed: Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of
the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: Let people serve thee, and nations bow
down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to
thee: cursedbeevery one that curseth thee, and
blessedbehe that blesseth thee. And it came to
pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet
scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother
came in from his hunting. And he also had made savory meat, and brought it unto
his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's
venison, that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac his father said unto him, Whoartthou? And he said, Iamthy son, thy firstborn Esau. And Isaac
trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? whereishe that hath taken venison, and broughtitme, and I have eaten of all before
thou camest, and have blessed him? yea,andhe shall be blessed. And when Esau
heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry,
and said unto his father, Bless me,evenme also, O my father. And he said, Thy
brother came with subtlety, and hath taken away thy blessing. And he said, Is
not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took
away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he
said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? And Isaac answered and said
unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given
to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what
shall I do now unto thee, my son? And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but
one blessing, my father? bless me,evenme also, O my father. And Esau lifted
up his voice, and wept. And Isaac his father answered and said unto him,
Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of
heaven from above; And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy
brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou
shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing
wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of
mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. And
these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called
Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching
thee, doth comfort himself,purposingto kill thee. Now therefore, my son,
obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; And tarry
with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; Until thy brother's
anger turn away from thee, and he forgetthatwhich thou hast done to him: then I
will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you
both in one day? And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of
the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as
thesewhichareof the daughters of the land, what
good shall my life do me? And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged
him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters ofCanaan.
Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take
thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. And God
Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou
mayest be a multitude of people; And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee,
and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a
stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went
to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah,
Jacob's and Esau's mother. When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent
him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed
him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters
of Canaan; And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to
Padan-aram; And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his
father; Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had
Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be
his wife.

H7354

רחל

râchêl

raw-khale'

The same asH7353;Rachel, a wife of Jacob: -
Rachel.

H7353

רחל

râchêl

raw-khale'

From an unused root meaning tojourney; aewe(thefemalesbeing the predominant element of a
flock), (as a goodtraveller):
- ewe, sheep.

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba,
and went towardHaran.
Gen 28:1o

Genesis 29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the
people of the east. And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo,
therewerethree flocks of sheep lying by it; for
out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stonewasupon the well's mouth. And thither
were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth,
and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his
place. And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whencebeye? And they said, Of Haranarewe. And he said unto them, Know ye
Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We knowhim. And he said unto them,Ishe well? And they said,Heiswell: and, behold, Rachel his daughter
cometh with the sheep. And he said, Lo,itisyet high day, neitherisittime that the cattle should be
gathered together: water ye the sheep, and goandfeedthem.
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, andtillthey roll the stone from the well's
mouth; then we water the sheep. And while he yet spoke with them, Rachel came
with her father's sheep: for she kept them. And it came to pass, when Jacob saw
Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his
mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's
mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. And Jacob kissed
Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. (Gen 27:1-46 to Gen 29:1-11)

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods,
let him not live: before our brethren discern thou whatisthine with me, and takeitto thee. For Jacob knew not that
Rachel had stolen them. And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent,
and into the two maidservants' tents; but he foundthemnot. Then went he out of Leah's tent,
and entered into Rachel's tent. Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them
in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent,
but foundthemnot. And she said to her father, Let
it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of
womenisupon me. And he searched, but found
not the images.

(Gen 31:32-35)

1 Corinthians 14

The Message

English Standard Version

Complete Jewish Bible

33 When we worship the right
way, God doesn’t stir us up into confusion; he brings us into harmony. This
goes for all the churches—no exceptions.

33 For God is not a God of
confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

33 for God is not a God of
unruliness but of shalom. As in all the congregations of God's people,

34 Wives must not disrupt
worship, talking when they should be listening,

34 the women should keep
silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in
submission, as the Law also says.

34 let the wives remain silent when
the congregation meets; they are certainly not permitted to speak out. Rather,
let them remain subordinate, as also the Torah says;

35 asking questions that could
more appropriately be asked of their husbands at home. God’s Book of the law
guides our manners and customs here. Wives have no license to use the time of
worship for unwarranted speaking.

35 If there is anything they
desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a
woman to speak in church.

35 and if there is something
they want to know, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful
for a woman to speak out in a congregational meeting.

36 Do you—both women and
men—imagine that you’re a sacred oracle determining what’s right and wrong? Do
you think everything revolves around you?

36 Or was it from you that
the word of God came? Or are you the only ones it has reached?

36 Did the word of God originate
with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?

37 If any one of you thinks God
has something for you to say or has inspired you to do something, pay close
attention to what I have written. This is the way the Master wants it.

37 If anyone thinks that he is a
prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to
you are a command of the Lord.

37 If anyone thinks he is a
prophet or is endowed with the Spirit, let him acknowledge that what I am
writing you is a command of the Lord.

38 If you won’t play by these
rules, God can’t use you. Sorry.

38 If anyone does not recognize
this, he is not recognized.

38 But if someone doesn't
recognize this, then let him remain unrecognized.

39 Three things, then, to sum
this up: When you speak forth God’s truth, speak your heart out. Don’t tell
people how they should or shouldn’t pray when they’re praying in tongues that
you don’t understand.

39 So, my brothers, earnestly
desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

39 So, my brothers, eagerly seek
to prophesy; and do not forbid speaking in tongues;

40 Be courteous and considerate
in everything.

40 But all things should be done
decently and in order.

40 but let all things be done in
a proper and orderly way.

8 I desire then that in every
place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;

8 Therefore, it is my wish that
when the men pray, no matter where, they should lift up hands that are holy —
they should not become angry or get into arguments.

8 Since prayer is at the bottom
of all this, what I want mostly is for men to pray—not shaking angry fists at
enemies but raising holy hands to God.

9 likewise also that women
should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control,
not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,

9 Likewise, the women, when they
pray, should be dressed modestly and sensibly in respectable attire, not with
elaborate hairstyles and gold jewelry, or pearls, or expensive clothes.

9 And I want women to get in
there with the men in humility before God, not primping before a mirror or
chasing the latest fashions

10 but with what is proper for
women who profess godliness—with good works.

10 Rather, they should adorn
themselves with what is appropriate for women who claim to be worshipping God,
namely, good deeds.

12 I do not permit a woman to
teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

12 but I do not permit a woman
to teach a man or exercise authority over him; rather, she is to remain at
peace.

12 They should study to be quiet
and obedient along with everyone else.

13 For Adam was formed first,
then Eve;

13 For Adam was formed first,
then Havah.

13 Adam was made first, then Eve;

14 and Adam was not deceived,
but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.

14 Also it was not Adam who was
deceived, but the woman who, on being deceived, became involved in the
transgression.

14 woman was deceived first—our
pioneer in sin!—with Adam right on her heels.

15 Yet she will be saved through
childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

15 Nevertheless, the woman will
be delivered through childbearing, provided that she continues trusting, loving
and living a holy life with modesty.

15 On the other hand, her
childbearing brought about salvation, reversing Eve. But this salvation only
comes to those who continue in faith, love, and holiness, gathering it all into
maturity. You can depend on this.

Therefore

And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it. Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for,believe that yereceive them, and ye shall have them.And whensoever ye stand praying,forgive,if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. Mark 11:22-25

Lamb's poet & pundit

These are some poems about the Lamb. Also some opinion pieces. He already knew how I "felt" about Him; the poems He gives sometimes surprise me! My hope and prayer is that they will inspire you as much as they have surprised me, or more! I release them to any individual man, woman, or child for their enjoyment. Anyone wishing to publish them for profit may contact me at lambsev@gmail.com . I welcome your comments, corrections, and questions. Watch and pray, David